Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #1,816 of 84,120 nationally
Oswego Eviction Risk: High
Tract 36075021602 · Oswego County, NY · pop 2,971
Tract 36075021602 covers Oswego in New York. Home to 2,971 residents, it scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 93% of US census tracts.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,188 a month against an average household income of $51,429 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,168
Renter share60.3%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate32.4%
Median income$51,429
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oswego and the region
Centroid at 43.4510, -76.5295 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oswego scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oswego
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
32.4% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,188 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oswego
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oswego
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oswego
8.0
How Oswego compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oswego
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Oswego, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Oswego County average of 5.7 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 36075021602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36075021602?
Census tract 36075021602 in Oswego scores 8.1/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36075021602?
Median gross rent is $1,188/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36075021602?
32.4% of residents in tract 36075021602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,971.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36075021602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 44th, minority 19th, housing 94th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36075021602 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36075021602 compare to Oswego overall?
Tract 36075021602 scores 8.1/10, lower than the parent city of Oswego at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oswego; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Oswego
Top eight tracts in Oswego ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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